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Topic: massive explosion in Big Spring, tx |
Doyle Mitchell
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Loraine, Texas
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 9:22 am |
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| Please pray that our friends in Big Spring Tx. are safe, they were hit with a massive explosion early this morning at the refinery, I live 50 miles east of there and it took pictures off the wall and coffee cups off the table here. I thought we were in an earthquake, I am on the Fire Dept. here and we were put on stand by to head to Big Spring to help . We were just now put on stand down, thanks to the holiday, they were working a skeleton crew or else theres no telling of the outcome. I have heard homes have been damaged for miles and people are now being evacuated. God bless these people in this stressfull time. |
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Doyle Mitchell
From:
Loraine, Texas
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 9:33 am
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| I am trying to reach our friend Fred Shannon but have had no resonse as yet, if anyone hears from him pleae post here. |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 9:50 am
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Last edited by Fred Shannon on 27 May 2008 12:31 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 11:53 am
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Phred, Glad you and Dovie are ok.  |
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Jim Harper
From:
Comanche, Oklahoma, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 12:30 pm
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| Dog-gone all of us up here in Okla. are sure proud you;ll are ok. I heard about it this morning and we have lot,s of friend,s there in Big Spring,s(Halliburton)for 30 year,s Fred ==Jim Harper |
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Roger Osbourn
From:
Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 12:33 pm
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Well,here we go again.We best fill our tanks today.Gas will be higher tomorrow.They use ANY excuse they can find to raise the price.
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Roger Osbourn
The greatest gift a father can give his children is to love their mother.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work,(Thomas Edison).
The difference between Genius and Stupidity is that Genius has its limits. |
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Doyle Mitchell
From:
Loraine, Texas
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 1:03 pm
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| just got an email from some friends saying some of the service stations here are already shut down, no gas, you are right, here we go again, but if the refinery is found liable for the millions of dollars in damage to property for miles around the explosion there is no telling what gas will be here. But more importantly to me right now is the welfare of my many friends in Big Spring, thank God they only received property damage and were spared their lives. |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 1:19 pm
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| Hopefully, there were no fatalities. Gas prices are of little consequence in an occassion like this when fatalities are possible. Hopefully all of our Forum people are OK and will check in and let us know. Jody. |
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Colby Tipton
From:
Crosby, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 1:38 pm
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The news on channel 13 in Houston says that 1 person is injured (I hope not bad) and in the hospital.
That thing sure is making a lot of smoke. |
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Gary Steele
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 2:53 pm Explosion
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Sorry this happened Fred.
L@@K at the Rainbow in the picture.
Gary. |
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Doyle Mitchell
From:
Loraine, Texas
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 3:10 pm
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| I did'nt see a rainbow although I am sure theres one there because no one was killed, but I did see a mushroom cloud that went thousands of feet in the air and I am 50 miles away! It looked like a documentry I once saw on TV about when they were testing the A Bomb out in Nevada. The manager of a local Do It Center here said it blew every door in the store open and scared customers silly. That store is 40 miles from the explosion site. Last report we have is several injured and two air lifted out for burns. |
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Sam White R.I.P.
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 4:12 pm Sam White NESGA
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Hey Fred glad to see that you are OK.Man that sure looks bad out there.Thank God you guys are OK.Yes I seen the Rainbow above the trees in I think the thrid or forth picture.
Sam White
Last edited by Sam White R.I.P. on 18 Feb 2008 4:15 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 4:12 pm
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Fred, glad you're ok.
Tony |
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Laurie Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 4:57 pm
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| WOW Fred! I don't know what would have happened if it was near our house like that! Roy & I are so thankful that your OK and your home for the most part anyway. Those pictures are really great but I bet you wish you wouldn't have had to take them at all. Take care. Laurie |
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 6:37 pm
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We are sure glad Fred Shannon is OK. He's one of our favorite folks. Hope it didn't damage your property, but most of all we're glad ya'll are OK.
Danny & Phyllis |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 6:42 pm
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Last edited by Fred Shannon on 27 May 2008 12:32 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Tommy Young
From:
Ethelsville Alabama
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 7:34 pm
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FRED SURE AM GLAD YOU AND DOVIE ARE OK KEEP A CHECK ON THAT BACK AFTER A FALL LIKE THAT i JUST GOT OUT OF SURGERY FROM A FALL FROM A STORM HERE IN MS.AND IT ISN'T FUN IT WAS A FEW DAYS BEFORE I KNEW THAT I WAS HURT WHEN THE PIECE OF DISK KEPT RUBBING ON MY SPINAL CORD AND IT JUST KEPT ON GETTING WORST ALL THE TIME SO KEEP AN EYE ON IT MY FRIEND
TOMMY YOUNG
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 8:34 pm
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| I just now heard about this and I'm glad you and your family are ok Fred along with anyone else that was near there. |
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Scott Henderson
From:
Camdenton, Missouri, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2008 8:43 pm
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Phred
So glad you are all OK. I look forward to meeting you in person one day. Take care of yourself and don't let the Wallie police get ya! hehehehehehehe
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Feb 2008 3:38 am Thank God
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Fred we're so glad everyone is ok, thank the good Lord above for that. Hope to see you in Dallas.
Bill |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2008 4:03 am
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| Good to know you are ok Fred, but let me que you in. Anytime something happens at one of those refineries down there be it an incident like what happened there or even a toilet backs up there our gas prices go up. |
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 19 Feb 2008 4:38 am
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Fred my Friend.....
Not too often I post serious.......but in this case I will
1.....prob about thirty years ago...sitting crosslegged I twisted to pick up screwdriver and heard it crack......Ihave learned to be careful of it ever since...still goes out now and again
2......my wife woke up one time about ten years ago with back pain......still has trouble...lots of problems....cant work etc
3 Collegue at work in car smash in December.....two discs with fractures in Neck area and Bulging disc in lower back
I feel for you.............I am always careful of how I lift something........how I bend etc......sometimes I say..."No......I have a Crook Back.....cant lift that".......its a matter of swallowing male Pride........and saying "No .......I am not going to be an Invalide just through Pride!"
I even let young ladies lift what I as a Roughy Toughy Redneck Chauvanist Pig Should Do........There is only one way I want to Wreck my back....and I cant say it here !!!!!!
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 19 Feb 2008 6:52 am
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Fred, I'm realy glad to hear you and Dovie are ok there. This thing could have been a thousand times worse, but thanks be to God. See you in Dallas Fred.
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Tommy Minniear
From:
Logansport, Indiana
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Posted 19 Feb 2008 7:02 am
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Fred,
Glad to hear all is well with you and yours!
Tommy Minniear |
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